Not every sci-fi show is remembered so fondly (or even remembered at all), however. Memories can be distorted and manipulated ...

Larry Niven's Ringworld won him the Hugo and Nebula awards when it was published 55 years ago. As the New Scientist Book Club ...

Susan Barker’s “Old Soul” begins when two stranded travelers ... The collection also includes science-fiction stories, most ...

It’s been 25 years since China Miéville stepped into the literary spotlight with his novel “Perdido Street Station.” ...

Unlike most of my colleagues, my students still read printed books and articles, typed and turned in written assignments on paper, and wrote in-class exams in Blue Books.

Science fiction emerged nearly 300 years ago during a time of great advances in science. Since then authors have tried to make sense of their world by imagining what the future will look like.

Liu lived in China until he was twelve years old, after which he emigrated with his family to the United States. He graduated from Harvard University and now works as a lawyer, but his real ...

But the task of science fiction is not to predict the future. Rather, it contemplates possible futures. Writers may find the future appealing precisely because it can’t be known, a black box ...